Scalarites Wright and Matsumoto 1954 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Parent taxon: Diplomoceratinae according to W. J. Kennedy and U. Kaplan 1995

See also Kennedy 1984, Kennedy and Christennsen 1993, Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Matsumoto 1959 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chesapeakiceras, Diplomoceras, Glyptoxoceras, Lewyites, Neancyloceras, Neocrioceras, Neoglyptoxoceras

Subtaxa: Scalarites cingulatum Scalarites mihoensis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections), Brazil (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (22), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (1), United States (14: California, Oregon, Washington)

Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence

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